Isobel O'Hare

Poet

Oakland, CA
California US

Author's Bio

Isobel O'Hare is a Pushcart-nominated poet and essayist who has dual Irish and American citizenship. O'Hare is the author of the chapbooks Wild Materials (published in 2015 by Zoo Cake Press) and The Garden Inside Her (published in 2016 by Ladybox Books). She is currently at work on her third chapbook, Heartbreak Machinery. She lives in Oakland, California.

Publications & Prizes

Journals: ,
Dirty Chai
,
Entropy
,
FORTH Magazine
,
The Account
Prizes won: 

Artist Residency Grant (Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico, 2016).

Mary Boyle McCrory Award for Excellence in Writing (Trinity Washington University, 2012)

Reproductive Rights Poetry Contest (Split This Rock, 2013)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White, Feminist, LGBTQ, Irish American, Scotch-Irish American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Chicago
Raised in: 
Chicago, IL
Illinois
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Last update: Nov 04, 2016